old-boyism

A form of old boyism — The existence and use of old boy networks.

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Meanings

nounold-boyism (uncountable)
  1. alternativeuncountableAlternative form of old boyism.

    And they serve it up with a powerful seasoning of old-boyism and arbitrary clique preference as between white males.

    1995, Duncan Kennedy, Sexy Dressing Etc, →ISBN, page 45
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    A recent president of the International Association of Police Chiefs, an organization regarded almost universally as a bastion of 'old-boyism,' was the female chief of police of Gaithersburg, Maryland.

    2008, Margaret E. Beare, Honouring Social Justice, →ISBN

    The latter are characteristically few in number, and they reciprocate government old-boyism and good-old-boyism with heart-warmineg liberal donations to conservative causes — electoral and otherwise.

    2014, Preston King, Socialism and the Common Good: New Fabian Essays, →ISBN, page 99
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